If Jon hadn't killed Dany and they married, how would they have handled the 7 Kingdoms?
A large part of the North does support Jon, but many also share Sansa's point of view in wanting independence from the Iron Throne. I picture Sansa praying for the gruesome death of both Jon and Dany when she finds out that the Iron Islands were given Independence, while she and the North were denied it. Would Jon have tried to talk Arya into taking over as Warden of the North? Does he elevate another family entirely, deposing House Stark?
The Vale disdains both Dany AND Jon, they were in the North and stayed because of Sansa. Sansa would not be inclined to help Dany and Jon's regime in any way. The Vale won't go to war with The Targaryen Empire lightly but they will never be truly loyal. I see a Sansa (striped of the North), moving to the Vale, trading on her fathers memory and making a prominent marriage. In the book Sansa dreams of having children whom she'll teach to hate her enemies and I think the show version is very in line with that school of thought.
The Stormlands, in the books and the show, many of the high lords resented Davos's elevated position, I don't see those families relishing having to answer to one of Robert's up jumped by blows. I expect in-fighting in the Stormlands.
The Reach, while many support Dany, every family that lost someone at the field of fire (it wasn't just the Tarly's remember they swayed a number of prominent Houses into supporting their rebellion against House Tyrell) are now a sworn enemy to Dany's new regime.
The Riverlands. I got the impression Edmure wasn't so secure. The way the Riverlands soldiers looked at Edmure when he let the Lannister soldiers into Riverrun (Season 6). The way many Houses feel about the Heir to the Riverlands (VIA Edmure) is part Frey.
The only unified Kingdom (or more unified than most, since they supposedly they had their own skirmishes for inner Kingdom supremacy) is Dorne.
The Westerlands, while technically, belonging to Tyrion, hate him. He is known as a kinslayer. The Westerlands don't have enough power to out and out rebel but they hate the new regime as much as anyone.
And Jon and Dany will have to hold all this together with diminished Unsullied and one dragon. Westeros could start attacking the way Mereen did. Sneak attacks agains one Unsullied here or there. Especially if people from across the ocean come, since word will spread that the Dragon Queen only has one dragon left.
Do you think Dany as Queen and Jon as her consort, would have been able to hold onto power?
Submitted January 29, 2020 at 09:28PM by HouseHightower https://ift.tt/2RGJzeh
